STAND. COM. REP. NO.1524

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.R. No. 97

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 97 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REVIEW ITS CRITERIA FOR ALLOCATING VICE-PRINCIPAL POSITIONS IN ORDER TO ASSIST PRINCIPALS OF ALL SCHOOLS REGARDLESS OF ENROLLMENT COUNTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Education to review its criteria for allocating vice-principal positions in order to assist principals of all schools.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by staff and parents of students at Mt. View Elementary School, Waimea Middle School, Kaumana Elementary School, and Pahoa Elementary School. Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education, the Hawaii Government Employees Association Local 152, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committee finds that the allocation of vice principal positions within our public school system continues to be an issue driven by student enrollment rather than by effective school management structures and styles. Your Committee further finds that with the realignment of the public school system towards complex-based management, there needs to be a review of all the administrative and support staff that are assigned to schools and school complexes, as well as district and state positions that are situated at schools or within the districts, to better align available resources and to promote more effective use of resources within a school complex.

Thus, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the title to request the Department of Education to review its criteria for allocating all staff positions and to align vice-principal and other staff resources to support complex-based management;

(2) Changing the final WHEREAS clause to reflect the need for a review of current allocations of staff given the move toward complex-based management;

(3) Changing the BE IT RESOLVED clause to request the Department of Education to review the allocation of staff support positions and develop a realignment plan for vice principal, other educational officer, and teacher positions that are assigned to support schools and school complexes; and

(4) Adding a BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED clause to request the Department of Education to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including a plan to realign staff resources.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 97, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 97, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair